hsbc releasing it private survey of preliminary pmi data for the month of october. japan's nintendo reporting its second quarter earnings at 9:00 a.m. and we're also getting quarterly numbers from south korea's tech firms. lg and sk hynix reporting. now, apparently, oh, dear, being popular pays off. according to data from the wisconsin longitudinal study, students who are popular in high school earn more than their less liked counterparts decades even after graduation. researchers suggest that the children with more friends earn 2% more than their peers 35 years after leaving school. they didn't compare whether it was popular people with the brightest people, which would have been my question. but anyway, so is financial success a matter of popularity or is it studying hard or do you just want to leave the memory of high school far behind? let us know what you think. worldwide@cnbc.com or @cnbcwex. we'll take a short break. we'll find out who was most popular in in presidential debate. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my accept